Text 123] The Lord Instructs Sanatana Gosvami 65
TEXT 123
MA-VE-UY-ACA MANTA HA |
‘SH CAT AY, HS—MCAT BA Bia 5200
‘Sastra-guru-dtma’-rupe dpandare janana
‘krsna mora prabhu, trata’ ——jivera haya jhdna
SYNONYMS

sastra-guru-dtma-rape —in the form of Vedic literature, the spiritual master and
the Supersoul; dpandre jandna—informs about Himself; krsna—Lord Krsna;
mora—my; prabhu—tord; trdata—deliver; jivera—of the conditioned soul;
haya—there is; jAdna—knowledge.

TRANSLATION

“The forgetful conditioned soul is educated by Krsna through the Vedic
literatures, the realized spiritual master and the Supersoul. Through these, he
can understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead as He is, and he can
understand that Lord Krsna is his eternal master and deliverer from the
clutches of maya. In this way one can acquire real knowledge of his condi-
tioned life and can come to understand how to attain liberation.

PURPORT

Being forgetful of his real position, the conditioned soul may take help from
sastra, guru and the Supersoul within his heart. Krsna is situated within everyone's
heart as the Supersoul. As stated in Bhagavad-gita:

isvarah sarva-bhatanam
hrd-dese ‘rjuna tisthati
bhraémayan sarva-bhatani
yantrarddhani mayaya
“The Supreme Lord is situated in everyone's heart, O Arjuna, and is directing the
wanderings of all living entities, who are seated as on a machine, made of the ma-
terial energy.” (Bg. 18.61)

As the saktydvesa-avatara Vyasadeva, Krsna teaches the conditioned soul
through Vedic literatures. Krsna externally appears as the spiritual master and
trains the conditioned soul to come to Krsna consciousness. When his original
Krsna consciousness is revived, the conditioned soul is delivered from the material
clutches. Thus a conditioned soul is always helped by the Supreme Personality of
